It's been 2 years since the Pirate King's execution and in a small island in the East Blue we see two kids who are working out and are being supervised by a 35-year-old man. These people are Alexander, Franco and Vincent who were training intensely these past two years.
(Flashback)
After getting home from Loguetown, Alex went to bed to wake up early tomorrow and train with more intensity. Franco seeing this, didn't want to fall behind his captain also went to bed early. Their parents saw their son's antics couldn't but chuckle as their boys are growing up and becoming more mature. As much as they want them to become mature, they still wanted them to have a normal childhood. So, they still treated them as kids much to their sons disliking.
They woke up the next day and trained with Vincent the whole day. This cycle repeated with each training session's intensity and reps increasing every week.
When Vincent saw that their training sessions were getting boring because of the lack of variety, he started to introduce more exercises like swimming, climbing, and running up and down the mountain, running and jumping on sand with weights. This made their training sessions have variety and fun since there are new ways to train their bodies.
The two boys begin to see the fruits of their trainings as they saw that they were developing muscles. Their muscles might not be bulky like a bodybuilder, but it was like a swimmer's body. Overall, they were proud and happy with the results they were getting.
(Flashback End)
As Alex woke up early in the morning and went to have breakfast with his family, he saw his father reading the newspaper for the day with an expression full of pity. He went up to his father and asked, "Hey pops what's on the newspaper today?"
Vincent said showing the newspaper to his son "Ohara has been destroyed because of a Buster Call and only one person survived."
"What's a Buster Call pops?" asked a curious Alex
"A Buster Call is when the Marines surround an island with marine ships and bombard the whole island until there is no more island whether there are people on it or not." said Vincent with an angry tone since he didn't know why Buster Calls even exist.
Alex was shocked because of the new information his father just gave him. He looked at the picture of the young girl named Nico Robin who was on the newspaper and couldn't even imagine how it feels to have your hometown, family, and friends to be taken from you because of a call. He suddenly had an idea. Since he was going to form a crew full of misfits, he would try to recruit her in his crew to give her a second family and people to rely on. He might be thinking too far forward but he has a soft spot for people who are alone and those who think that they don't have a place in the world. He made it his goal that his pirate crew would be his and his crew's second family where everyone is accepted and respected no matter who they were.
'Nico Robin, wait for me I'll come save you' thought Alex as he made his plans to recruit the lonely girl in the picture.
After a seemingly delicious breakfast, Alex and his dad went to their training ground in the mountains after picking up Franco. Their training grounds change whenever his pops feel like it. Now, their training ground today is the highest mountain in the island, Mt. Kullio. Mt. Kullio is the highest mountain in Momon Island with its peak reaching 6,500km. It also has the biggest forest in Momon Island which houses different and dangerous wild animals and plants that could kill you. Thankfully, Alex is knowledgeable with poisonous plants and can avoid them.
(Timeskip)
After walking up the mountain for an hour with weights on their body, Alex, Franco, and Vincent finally reached their training ground which is a cave in the mountain. What makes this cave special is that the air here is very thin and is a good training spot for them to exercise. It would help them in training their bodies to use less oxygen so that they would not be tired fast when fighting.
When they went inside the cave, they started their exercises in order to increase their lung capacity and have their cells take in the least amount of oxygen to have their bodies functioning. (A/N: I know hardcore training, but what can you do. They want to stand on top of the world, and this is them strengthening their foundations.)
After conditioning their bodies, they started their daily workouts then practiced their martial arts together. They got the techniques that suited them from Vincent since he was an informant and a spy for Roger's crew, he naturally knew a lot of people and could get anything from his network. Only Franco chose from the techniques that were presented to them. While Alex tried to make his own style from the numerous techniques that his pops gave him.
"ALRIGHT TRAINING IS OVER GUYS!" said Vincent as he was more than satisfied with what he was seeing in the two kids in front of him.
'Alex has become more mature and is breaking through in making his own path in martial arts. While Franco has become more confident in himself and was not the same shy kid 2 years ago. I think it's time for them to choose what kind of weapon or weapons they want to use' thought Vincent
"Alright brats, you both are now qualified to train with the weapon of your choice. But that doesn't mean you're stopping your physical training. I am just going to add another training plan for the weapon or weapons of your choice." declared Vincent
"YOSHAAAA! OUR OWN WEAPONS FRANCO!" said an excited Alex while shaking Franco's shoulders
"Yeah yeah I get it Alex relax." said a calm and collected Franco
"So what are you both going to pick?" asked Vincent
Alex: "For me I want..."
Franco: "I would want to have..."
My novel will still follow the canon timeline, but since my OCs would be added there are more things that would change in the One Piece World. This novel is just a product of my ideas that I got while I was reading about One Piece.
Thank you for reading my novel. Please tell me what you think of the novel and what I can do to improve it.
P.S.
If I made some mistakes you can put it in the comments below. Thank you again and enjoy!